Meet the Cartoonists (page 3 of 3)

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I work like a courtroom reporter ... I observe the details of life, and then ask 'what if?' I pull a thread and see where it goes. I do cartoons to surprise myself. I do what keeps me entertained.

Artist Bios Page 3



Patricia Madigan
Patricia Madigan is a regular contributor to Reader's Digest. More detailed bio information on Patrica Madigan coming soon!

 


Scott Arthur Masear
Scott Arthur Masear is a regular contributor to Reader's Digest. More detailed bio information on Scott Arthur Masear coming soon!

 


P. S. Mueller
www.psmueller.com
P. S. Mueller has been drawing and selling cartoons continuously since he was a teenager in the late 1960s. He is very bald and has been so since he was in his middle twenties. His cartoons have appeared in dozens of alternative and mainstream publications including The New Yorker, Utne Reader, Chicago Reader, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Omni, Reader's Digest, Temp Slave, Funny Times, and on and on and on. In recent years Mueller has assumed a second identity as news anchor Doyle Redland and can be heard five days a week on various radio stations throughout the U.S. and Canada as he loudly pronounces the Onion Radio News. You can hear samples at americancomedynetwork.com.

 


Dan Reynolds
www.reynoldsunwrapped.com
Dan began drawing cartoons in December 1989. He draws and eats left-handed. His cartoons are seen by millions of readers across the U.S., Canada and points beyond, all the way down under in Australia. You can find his work in every issue of Reader's Digest (where he is known for his cow, pig and chicken cartoons), on greeting cards everywhere, and in Reynolds Unwrapped book collections. His cartoons have appeared on HBO's The Sopranos, the cover of a National Lampoon cartoon book collection and on greeting cards throughout the United States.

 


H. L. Schwadron
www.schwadroncartoons.com
Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Harley Schwadron is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator for magazines and newspapers, large and small. His cartoons are published in such major media as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Readers Digest, Harvard Business Review, The National Law Journal, Forbes, and others. For l5 years he was a cartoonist for Punch in England. "Cartoons are a great combination of writing and art," he says. "I've especially loved business cartoons, and also enjoy doing topical work for op-ed pages."

 


Vahan Shirvanian
Vahan Shirvanian is a regular contributor to Reader's DigestVahan Shirvanian grew up in Newark, NJ. He taught fighter pilot gunnery in WWII before enrolling at Seton Hall University, where he majored in English while attempting to sell cartoons at the same time. His first sale was to The Saturday Evening Post in 1946, and he has been a success ever since (he has been named best cartoonist of the year  ten times by Highlights for Children and the National Cartoonists Society. Shirvanian enjoys hiking the trails of New Jersey and watching old movies in his free time.

 


Steve Smeltzer
www.smeltzercartoons.com
Growing up, humor was simply a part of everyday life for Steve Smeltzer, whose family encouraged him from a very young age to draw. He recalls spending a lot of time trying to draw Mad Magazine characters and, of course, Charlie Brown and Snoopy. He was also inspired by his dad, a fantastic cartoonist who came very close to syndication success. When he's not drawing, Steve teaches drum lessons at a local music store and plays in a jazz trio. His interests include Jungian psychology, The Simpsons, NBA games, watching taped reruns of the TV show Northern Exposure, and traveling with his wife to small-town caf´. 

 


Kim Warp
www.warpcartoons.com
Kim Warp has been a cartoonist for as long as she can remember.  A Seattle native, she currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with her husband, two teenage daughters, and various pets, all of which frequently appear in her cartoons. In addition to Reader's Digest, you can see Kim’s work in the The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, and cartoon collections such as The Rejection Collection.

 

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